Leland Kessler video oral history interview, fall 2002
| Title | Leland Kessler video oral history interview, fall 2002 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Kessler, Leland James |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | |
| Description | Video oral history interview with Leland Kessler about his experience serving in the U.S. Army in the European theater during World War II. Included are his stories of shipping over to England, flying missions over Germany in a B-17 bomber for the 306th Army Air Corp Bomb Group, and being shot down and taken as a prisoner of war in Germany. Recorded in the fall of 2002 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history course in the Department of History at Bowling Green State University. Interview conducted by Matt Waechter. Closed captions are included, as is a photograph of Kessler taken during the war. |
| Creator | Bowling Green State University. Department of History |
| Kessler, Leland James | |
| Waechter, Matt | |
| Source | History 303 World War II oral histories; MS-0871; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | fall 2002 |
| circa 1942 | |
| Rights |
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| Format | Oral histories |
| Photographs | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | ms00871_b011_video_kesslerleland_access_trimmed |
| ms00871_b011_video_kesslerleland_smithfrederick_s00001 | |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/35576 | |
| Spatial Coverage | Germany |
| England | |
| United States | |
| Temporal Coverage | 1942-1945 |
| Rights Holder | Kessler, Leland James |
| Waechter, Matt | |
| Type | Moving Image |
| Original Format | VHS |
| Duration | 1:08:00 |
